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Old 04-10-2012, 03:45 PM   #1
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Need help on two iptables related commands


I have the following two commands dealing with iptables that I don't fully understand. Can someone help me a bit?

iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT

Thanks!
 
Old 04-10-2012, 03:52 PM   #2
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That iptable rule is saying to accept any incoming or outgoing connections on the loopback interface. Loopback is the 127.0.0.1 which routes back to your computer/server.
 
Old 04-10-2012, 06:16 PM   #3
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Oh, alright then. Thanks a lot!
 
  


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